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Knowledge about IPV was high among vaccinators (94%). No problems with IPV storage, transport, or waste disposal were detected, but shortages were reported in 20 health facilities (87%). Wastage per 5-dose vaccine vial was above the recommended 30% in 20 health facilities (87%); all were related to providing <5 doses per open vial. Among eligible infants, 87% and 86% received the third dose of pentavalent and oral poliovirus vaccine, respectively, but only 65% received IPV at the same visit. Among 73 infants not vaccinated with IPV, 58% of caregivers reported that vaccine was unavailable.

Conclusions

Bangladesh successfully introduced IPV, but shortages related to insufficient global supply and high vaccine wastage in small outreach immunization sessions might reduce its impact on population immunity. Minimizing wastage and use of a 2-dose fractional-IPV schedule could extend IPV immunization to more children.

The Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis certified the eradication of type 2 poliovirus in September 2015, making type 2 poliovirus the first human pathogen to be eradicated since smallpox. The eradication of ty...

Problem : Many countries have weak disease surveillance and immunization systems. The elimination of polio creates an opportunity to use staff and assets from the polio eradication programme to control other vaccine-preventable diseases and improve d...

World Health Organization, Global Polio Eradication Initiative.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.. Rotary International.. UNICEF. World Health Organization, Dept. of Vaccines and Other Biologicals..

Published:

May 2001

Description:

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest public health initiative in history, is on track to certify the world polio-free in 2005. Polio cases have declined by 99% since the launch of the Initiative in 1988, from 350 000 to less than 3500...